Job Title History! Let's have fun with this :-)

Alright guys, let's delve back DEEP and do a job title history. We don't need to reveal a whole lot of personal information, but I thought it would be neat to see where everyone came from and where they are now.

1. Paper Boy (As a kid)
2. Deli Worker
3. Grocery Bagger / Cart Pusher
4. Deli Worker
5. Dish Washer
6. Night Stocker
7. Hotel Front Desk
8. Program Manager Assistant
9. Help Desk Technician
10. Customer Service
11. Telecommunications Roaming Support
11.5 Vounteer PC Repair Technician
12. Cell Phone Electronic Repair Service Technician
12.5 Volunteer Network Support Technician
13. NOC Techncian I
14. NOC Technician II
15. Associate Technical Support Engineer (Telecom, Tier 3)

I had to edit mine as I forgot some items!!

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EuclidJones

That WOULD be neat. Alright. here goes :

1. Seasonal UPS Driver's Helper
2. Data Entry Clerk
3. Data Entry | Same job,
4. IT Specialist | different title.
5. Scripter
6. Junior Programmer
7. AI Programmer
8. Automation Specialist
9. Freelance Programmer

My next job title will probably be something in the Help Desk. I really want to work towards something in SA. Programming is fun, but doing it as my primary job function sucked all the fun out of it for me.

wweboy

Dish washer
Cashier
CSR
Tree Trimmer
Help Desk Analyst
IT Analyst
IS Support Specialist

Everyone

Ok lets see...

1. Lifeguard
2. Head Lifeguard
3. Assembler
4. Computer Product Specialist
5. Merchandising Specialist
6. Project Specialist
7. Help Desk Technician
8. Systems Administrator
9. Network Security Manager
10. Senior Systems Administrator/Lead Messaging Systems Administrator
11. Systems Administration Manager
12. Exchange Administrator

#13 is hopefully soon to come.

I should mention 11 and 12 are concurrent... 11 is part time....

Turgon

Systems Administrator
Network Manager
IT Manager
Network Designer
Network Architect
Lead Technical Architect

odysseyelite

1.) Bag Boy
2.) Stocker (Grocery)
3.) Electronic Sales (Target)
4.) Programmer\ system admin (small 4 person domain)
5.) Night Audit (Hotel)
6.) Foxpro Programmer
7.) Help Desk
8.) Network Admin (layoffs 4 months later)
9.) Helpdesk (contract)
10.) Network administrator
11.) Desktop Support Analyst
12.) System Admin\ Desktop Level II

Getting away from helpdesk and desktop has been tough. A true network Admin role is in the mix as we speak.

Mishra

Produce Store Employee
Junior Machinist
Restaurant Host/Carry out/Expo
It Assistant
NOC Technician
System Administrator
Network Administrator
System Administrator
Technical Lead/Systems Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer

hiddenknight821

Daycare Worker
Roofing/Mason contractor assistant
Vaccum pumps custodian
Technical Support Specialist Intern
Student Tutor
Student Lab Manager
Jr. Systems Analyst Intern

The first three jobs were job I had before I went to college after HS graduation.

jdchilders

Turgon wrote: »

Systems Administrator
Network Manager
IT Manager
Network Designer
Network Architect
Lead Technical Architect

I wish my first job when i was 15 was a systems administrator....

1. Bus Boy
2. Host
3. Server
4. Bartender
5. Lab consultant
6. Application Administrator
7. Jr Project Engineer

VAHokie56

what a cool idea...

High School
1) Cook: Making burgers at BK
2) Theater associate: umm I cleaned and watched movies at Regal all day
3) Appetizer chef
4) Bus boy
5) Game Host : Lazer Tag...played every single game, I could MERC anyone by the end of the summer..

After College (Degree in Turf grass Management)
1) Turf Supervisor
2) Area Manager (same Landscaping company)
3) Install Estimator (landscaping)
4) Real estate agent
5) ISP help desk technician
6) Desk side Support Technician
7) Network Engineer

EuclidJones

How did some of you get into IT? Was it something you always wanted to? Sudden Calling? Pushed into it?

I'm really curious now

VAHokie56

EuclidJones wrote: »

How did some of you get into IT? Was it something you always wanted to? Sudden Calling? Pushed into it?

I'm really curious now

I had always been a closet techie/online gamer with a love for computers . When the real estate market took a giant **** I got suckered in by a for profit school to get a degree in IT network security...I think that's what they called it. I never finished the degree but it got me moving towards Cisco and the rest was all down hill.

Hypntick

Bag Boy
Retail Clothing Sales
Line cook
Assistant kitchen manager
Communications assistant
Network analyst
Network Engineer

xenodamus

Age | Position

14 - Construction helper
15 - Warehouse stocker
16 - Burger Flipper
16 - PC Repair Tech
21 - IT Instructor/Administrator
24 - Desktop Support Analyst
25 - Network Engineer

Xcluziv

1 - Cook
2 - Burrito Builder/Cashier/Grill Master
3 - Bandsmen
4 - Work Study Assistant
5 - Regional MIS Assistant - Intern
6 - CRM Lead - Intern
7 - IT Support Specialist - Intern
8 - IT Architect
9 - Systems Analyst I

8 and 9 are concurrent roles

Everyone

EuclidJones wrote: »

How did some of you get into IT? Was it something you always wanted to? Sudden Calling? Pushed into it?

I'm really curious now

I grew up with computers at a time when it was uncommon to grow up around them.

I had a Commodore 64 when I was 5, then an 8088, a 286 laptop with a purple and grey monochrome screen, couple 386's, 486's etc. It was my dad's hobby. Aside from the Commodore 64 and laptop, I helped my dad build the rest of the PCs. I learned BASIC and wrote a bunch of little programs by age 8. I knew my way around DOS and Windows 3.1 pretty well... beta tested 95, 98, 2000, and XP, as well as a few different versions of IE.

I was on a bunch of BBSs before the "internet" and "WWW" as people know it now ever existed. When the WWW came out I taught myself HTML and made some simple web pages for about $50 per page for a couple local dial-up ISPs when I was only 16, which was the first time I ever made money doing anything IT related.

In my later teenage years, I dabbled in some hacking, and taught myself *nix systems. Did a lot of dumb stuff that probably could have landed me in jail, including something that ended up on 2600. Luckily I never got caught.

Sounds really nerdy/geeky so far right? Well I actually wanted to be Air Force Special forces, either a Pararescuman, or a Combat Controller, or a SERE Instructor. IT was my second career choice. I found out that I am partially color blind during my entrance physical, which disqualified me from a lot of things, but still left IT open for me, so I went for IT.

I had an interest in working with electronics, and still do that as a hobby whenever I can, but it is difficult when you can't tell the difference in color between some wires and components.

Bokeh

High School:
Tv Repair

Military (USAF)
Communications-Computer Systems Operations Apprentice
Communications-Computer Systems Operator
Communications-Computer Systems Supervisor
Small Computer Help Desk Supervisor

Civilian
Computer Sales
Computer Sales Manager
Employment Counselor
OEM Computer Sales
IT Manager/Customer Service Manager
Tier II Wireless Support/Desktop Technician
Help Desk Analyst
IT Systems Support
Goldmine Administrator

last two are concurrent.

NOC-Ninja

Computer Analyst
Quality Assurance III
Software Validation Engineer
Network Operator III
Network Analyst

vCole

Job Title & Age
1. Cashier - 16
2. Computer Sales Specialist - 19
3. Help Desk Technician -21
4. IT Support Specialist -22
5. IT Support Specialist II - 22
6. Network Analyst -23
7. IT Consultant - 24
8. Engineering Support Systems Administrator - 24

hackman2007

1. Lab assistant at my school
2. Community Manager for a website
3. Blogger/writer for a popular website
4. Online support for the parent company of the above website
5. System Engineer

myedjo24

Age 16-18

*Crew Member (Jack in the Box)
*Laborer (Construction Company)
*Laborer (Bucking Alfalfa)
*Health Care Specialist (Some how got a job taking care of severely mentally disabled people)

Age 19-23
*Marine (Data Network Systems Specialist)
*Call Center Rep (working with 8x

*System Administrator
*Security Analyst

shodown

Grocery Bagger
Cashier
navy Firecontrolman,
Navy Information Systems technician
Voip Support Engineer 1
Sr NOC controller
Network administrator 4
Network Engineer 1
Senior UC Support Engineer

cyberguypr

Here's a summary including a little bit of info to show the progression

1. 3D animation/video production tech (hobby while in high school; once in college it landed me a gig with their TV production unit)
2. Back office (clerk crap, not the MS product) at a family gas station
3. Kinko's type place - took care of 60 computers. mostly imaging and adding ram, drives, etc.
4. Desktop Support Tech for multinational pharmaceutical (1st IT enterprise job)
5. Desktop support Tech at newspaper (very hands on, learned a lot about networking)
6. Desktop Support Team Lead (learned managing people is not for me)
7. Windows Systems Administrator (same company as previous job, they kept coming to me for desktop support stuff, not fun. However, got to learn about vSphere, SANs, DR, replication. red tape by the pallet)
8. Windows Systems Administrator (another company, lots of research and cool projects. great opportunity to bring solutions to the table. no red tape)

arwes

1.) Bag boy
2.) Courtesy Clerk (same thing as bag boy, just 25 cents more than minimum wage!)
3.) Janitor
4.) Cashier
5.) I have no idea, I worked at a heavy equipment rental store
6.) Cashier
7.) Part time assistant to data processing teacher @ trade school
8.) Network Provisioning Coordinator (quoted T1's & frame relays for sales offices)
9.) Seasonal help (Toys R Us)
10.) Cashier
11.) Customer Service Rep (ISP)
12.) Internet Client Support Tech (yet another ISP)
13.) Customer Service Rep (prepaid phone company)
14.) Computer Operator
15.) IT Operations Support Technician

undomiel

Let's see how well my memory works ...

1. Web Designer/IT Tech
2. Janitor
3. Graphic Designer
4. Cafeteria Worker
5. Receptionist
6. Lab Technician
7. Building Surveyor
8. 2Wire Level 1 Support
9. Contract Worker
10. AutoCAD Drafter
11. Contract Worker
12. Dell Level 2 support
13. Systems Administrator
14. Senior Systems Administrator
15. Senior Engineer (current)

Looking back my IT career didn't truly kick off until number 12. Thank you Dell contract!

instant000

1. Landscaping Engineer (a.k.a. Grass Cutter)
2. Lab Technician (Chemistry) (College #1)
3. Lab Technician (Computer) (College #2)
4. Information Systems Operator/Analyst (U.S. Army)
5. Senior LAN Manager (U.S. Army)
6. Network Engineer (Private Sector)
7. Network Administrator (Private Sector)
8. Systems Integrator (Defense Contractor)
9. Network Security Engineer (Defense Contractor) ... start next Monday

snokerpoker

Bus boy/restaurant beeeyotch (high school)
Computer Technician
Noc Technician
Jr Systems Administrator
Staff Engineer

onesaint

1. CSR for retail clothing
2. CSR for Printing / copier company
3. coffee barista
4. Auctioneers Assistant
5. Asst. Manager - coffee shop
6. Jr. Accountant
7. contract PC building / repair / lan wiring
8. Jr. Systems admin
9. Systems Admin / Accounting @ an SMB
10. Systems Admin

My father was always dabbling in computers and electrical gadgets (the old kits from the 70/80s as well as PCs). Around 20 I took a computer apart and put it back together. From that point, I was in love. =^)

Asif Dasl

Deli counter (2 days)
PC Repair Technician (~1 Year)
System Administrator (10+ years)

jtoast

Stockboy Grandmothers grocery store
Gas Station Attendant Fathers gas station
Aircraft Refueler USMC
Fast Food worker Arbys (Lasted 30 days)
Fast food worker Burger King (I lasted 30 minutes before I quit)
Insurance Salesmen
Medic (US Army) Desert Storm
Video Store Manager
New Car Salesmen
Telephone tech support/technical sales for various companies
Contract Software Packager (first real IT job. Was laid off when department was outsourced to India)
Onsite Tech for several local small businesses...part time while I job hunted
Level III support analyst (current)

crrussell3

1. Paper boy
2. Grocery Store (bagger, checker, customer service)
3. Burger flipper
4. Radio Shack battery slinger
5. Laser Engraver/Trainer
6. CAD Technician
7. CAD/IT Technician & AutoCAD Programmer
8. Mechanical Technician (Engineer without degree)
9. Engineering Assistant
10. Hardware Analyst
11. Network/Systems Administrator